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Heidelberg
Stadt Heidelberg
Baden-Württemberg

Schloßberg
(Schloßgarten)

Joseph Victor von Scheffel

Karlsruhe 1826 - Karlsruhe 1886
German poet and novelist
(Wikipedia)

1976

Description

Stele with bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

joseph victor
von scheffel
1826 1886

alt heidelberg
du feine · du stadt
an ehren reich

gestiftet von der
burschenschaft
frankonia
heidelberg 1976

Annotation

Unveiled 26 June 1976 at the 90th anniversary of Scheffel's death. Until 1942 there was a statue of Scheffel 20 meters from this location.

Sources & Information

Thomas Juelch, Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826-1886).

Locatie (N 49°24'45" - E 8°43'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw060; Photograph: 26 September 2011
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